Epigram — a concept Don Lavigne was on campus last Friday (Nov 21) to give what was a fascinating talk about ancient Greek epigram — short texts inscribed on something, typically a stone, base, offering, tomb, votive dedication, statue. Don didn’t offer a philological account of epigrams simply as texts. Instead he explored a media…
figure and ground
Cloud study with monument
In the wake, John Constable 1821. [Link] [Link] [Link] [Link] Storebaelt Bridge. Ambient rhetoric — commentary to come.
Cloud Study
Nyborg Strand, Denmark. With monument, warship, buoy, lens flare. In the wake, John Constable 1821. [Link] [Link] [Link]
The archaeological life of things — Bornholm
Hosts, ghosts, visitors For some years I have been making archaeological visits to Bornholm, the Danish island south of Sweden. Rock art, unique prehistoric sites and monuments, medieval settlement, churches and castles, rune stones, fishing industry, cold war relics, an arts community since the nineteenth century, contemporary heritage and tourism. The mingling remains of many…
Cloud study
Nyborg fjord, Denmark. With monument (Kloppers refinery), ship (bulk carrier), vapor trail (outgoing CPH). In the wake, John Constable 1821. [Link] [Link]
Cloud study with monument
North Sea – Storebaelt Bridge. After John Constable’s cloud studies 1821. Series. Archaeographic notes An archaeologist might come upon an unexpected discovery. A photographer judges when to release a shutter on a moment before the camera. Kairos is a key in archaeological and photographic engagement and mediation — kairos is actuality, the moment when things…